Theft

A Florida man was caught on video attempting to chew off his fingertips while sitting in the back of a patrol car, according to the Lee County Sheriff's Office. Video posted to the sheriff's office Facebook page shows a man identified as 20-year-old Kenzo Roberts repeatedly gnawing at his fingertips, chewing the skin and rubbing his hands against the cage so he couldn't be identified by his fingerprints. Deputies were still able to use a fingerprint scanner to identify Roberts, who was arrested Thursday after deputies spotted him driving a stolen 2015 Mercedes. During their investigation deputies also say they found a fraudulent ID, three fraudulent credit...

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A Florida man was caught on video attempting to chew off his fingertips while sitting in the back of a patrol car, according to the Lee County Sheriff's Office.
Video posted to the sheriff's office Facebook page shows a man identified as 20-year-old...

More guns are in criminal hands after a thief broke into a Winter Park police car this week in Hunter's Creek.
The thefts are part of a pattern involving Central Florida law-enforcement officers who have left loaded weapons, including a submachine gun,...

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A trial has been scheduled for one of three Orlando police officers facing criminal charges related to using excessive force against suspects while on duty.Phillip Fugate, a five-year veteran of the Orlando Police Department, is expected to go before a...

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The Clermont Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding the man responsible for a robbery at a Clermont bicycle shop.
Captain Michael McMaster of the Clermont Police Department noted that detectives are now working to identify the...

Clermont police are trying to identify a bicycle bandit they say broke into Epic Cycles about 12:30 a.m. today and made off with two pricey two-wheelers.
The bicycles have a combined value of about $9,000, police said.
A male caught on security...

A deadly house fire in Oakland that killed a young boy and seriously injured his brother in June was allegedly set by their 19-year-old stepfather, investigators said.
Luis Cruz, 19, is charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder,...

Three teens were arrested Wednesday in connection to a string of car burglaries in the Buenaventura Lakes area near Kissimmee, according to the Osceola County Sheriff's Office.Deputies said a 19-year-old man and two brothers, ages 15 and 17, may have...

Following are some of the incidents recently reported to area police agencies and the Lake County Sheriff's Office. This information was compiled from public records maintained by those agencies. The Police Log is published Thursdays in the Lake section....

Lynn Kendrick knew right away something was wrong.
He was returning to his Winter Haven home from work on Oct. 23, 1975.
Kendrick, then a 27-year-old engineer, was expecting to see his wife, Vivian, and 9-week-old son, Edmund.
But his wife's car was...

Deborah Swofford thought she dreamt that a man was standing in her bedroom Saturday morning. But the 62-year-old's visions quickly turned into a real-life nightmare when she realized her cell phone and other items were missing.Volusia County deputies...

After Regina Hill's two sons were arrested last week in a raid at a house she owned, the Orlando city commissioner said she had no knowledge of drug dealing in the five-bedroom home on Baywood Avenue.Deputies are no strangers to the house, where they've...

Three men are accused of stealing at least nine homes near Kissimmee using fraudulent quit-claim deeds.
Michael Thomas Frederiksen, Encio Tonev Encev and Eric Mitchell Rabicoff are each facing charges of burglary, grand theft of more than $20,000 and...

Deputies say a 19-year-old Orlando man jumped out of a moving car, leapt head-first through a hole in a fence and then dragged a police dog that had bit his leg while being chased in Pine Hills on Tuesday.
It all started about 8:45 p.m., when a deputy...

A Eustis man accused of sexually assaulting women he met online is picking up additional charges stemming from a May encounter that the alleged victim said she escaped after attempting to grab her assailant's gun.The woman told police she went to a home...

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Xavier Stephens, 27, and girlfriend Bridgett Bennifield, 38,...

Ex-Gator J.C. Jackson has formally been charged in connection with an April 18 armed robbery in Gainesville and faces four first-degree felony counts.
The state attorney's office is charging Jackson with three counts of home invasion with a deadly...